Old Testament parallels : laws and stories from the ancient Near East - Matthews, Victor Harold; Benjamin, Don C. (New York : Paulist Press, 2006)
Genesis -- Hymn to ptah -- Hymn to atum -- Enuma elish stories -- Stories of Gilgamesh -- Stories of atrahasis -- Stories of adapa -- Nuzi archives -- Annals of dedumose II -- Annals of kamose -- Annals of hatshepsut -- Stories of anubis and bata -- Stories of aqhat -- Stories of kirta -- Exodus -- Story of sargon of agade -- Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattusilis III -- Annals of merneptah -- Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy -- Code of shulgi -- Sumerian code -- Code of Hammurabi -- Hittite code -- Middle Assyrian code -- Stories of Balaam -- Joshua, Judges -- Stories of sinuhe -- Annals of Tuthmosis III -- El-amarna letters -- Annals of Ramesses III -- Gezer almanac -- Ruth -- Archives of Babatha -- Samuel, Kings -- Annals of Tiglath-Pileser I -- Annals of Mesha -- Tell Dan Annals -- Karatepe annals of Azitiwada -- Annals of Shalmaneser III -- Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III -- Annals of Sargon II -- Annals of Sennacherib -- Siloam story -- Annals of Nebuchadnezzar II -- Arad letters -- Lachish letters -- Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah -- Decree of Cyrus II -- Elephantine letters -- Job, Ecclesiastes -- Declarations of innocence -- A sufferer and a soul in Egypt -- A farmer and the courts in Egypt -- A sufferer and a friend in Babylon -- Psalms, Lamentations -- Laments for Ur -- Hymn to ninkasi -- Ebla archives -- Stories of Baal and Anat -- Hymn to the aten -- Proverbs, Sirach, wisdom -- Teachings of Ptah-Hotep -- Teachings of Khety -- Thirty teachings of Amen-em-Ope -- Teachings of Ahiqar -- Teachings of Ankhsheshonq -- Song of Songs -- Egyptian love songs -- Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos -- Stories of Ishtar and Tammuz -- Visions of Neferti -- Mari letters -- Story of Wen-Amun -- Yavne-yam letter.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-378) and indexes.
Keywords: Bible. -- Extra-canonical parallels; Bible. -- History of contemporary events -- Sources; Bible. -- Antiquities; Middle Eastern literature -- Relation to the Old Testament; Law, Ancient -- Sources; Law -- Middle East -- Sources; Middle Eastern literature -- Translations into English; Middle East -- History -- To 622 -- Sources